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Corporate Data and Future Cash Flows

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  • Ali Al‐Attar
  • Simon Hussain

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This article examines the ability of current accounting data to explain future cash flows for UK firms, as disclosed under FRS1(1991). Rather than examining price data — from which cash flow implications have to be inferred — we follow the more direct approach used in several recent US studies, in which actual future cash flow data are examined. Specifically, our methodology is a development of the OLS regression framework employed by Barth et al. (2001). We provide a replication of their main OLS analysis, and then extend this to deal with fixed effects and time trends in the levels of cash flow data. Our study finds that the disaggregation of earnings into cash flows and accruals, generates superior explanatory power with regard to future cash flows.

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  • Ali Al‐Attar & Simon Hussain, 2004. "Corporate Data and Future Cash Flows," Journal of Business Finance & Accounting, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 31(7‐8), pages 861-903, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jbfnac:v:31:y:2004:i:7-8:p:861-903
    DOI: 10.1111/j.0306-686X.2004.00560.x
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